After some oral gymnastics, the little snail pushed Gu Ran away, panting.
It is very fragrant, sweet, soft, and even a little chewy.
This is how Gu Ran feels.
"I'm going to die. I can't breathe." The little conch hit Gu Ran in an angry tone.
Gu Ran grabbed Xiao Hailuo's pink fist and hugged her in his arms.
Little Snail's body stiffened, but when she realized that Gu Ran was just holding her quietly without any unnecessary movements, she slowly relaxed.
"Little Conch, or should I call you Eudora?" Gu Ran hugged her and said softly.
"It's all right. Although I wasn't used to the name Little Snail at first, after a while, I actually prefer you to call me that because this is the experience between us two." Little Snail said softly.
"Can you tell me what happened?"
After a moment of silence, Gu Ran asked, while at the same time he quickly recalled in his mind what the little snail had experienced and when the abnormality began.
After thinking carefully, Gu Ran had no clues.
Because the little snail stayed "at home" the whole day and did not go out, and nothing unusual happened to the mermaid tribe.
Could it be related to the mermaids
"Gu Ran... can you... help the mermaids take back the underwater ruins?" After hesitating for a while, the little snail finally spoke, "If you can't, don't force yourself for me. I don't want you to get hurt because of me."
Gu Ran thought for a moment and said, "Is that underwater ruin important to you mermaids? If it is, I can help you get it back. Although I may not be strong enough now, as long as I am promoted to a martial arts golden elixir, I should be able to help you get it back."
The little conch was startled and said, "How long will it take?"
"I don't know either. There is no fixed number for this kind of thing. Most of the time it depends on chance. When the chance comes, it will be done." Gu Ran looked at the little conch's face and asked, "What's wrong? Are the mermaids very anxious about this matter?"
The little conch opened its mouth, then closed it again and shook its head gently: "No."
In the end, the little conch just lay quietly on Gu Ran's chest and never asked any more questions.
Gu Ran felt that Xiao Hailuo must be hiding something from him, but she just refused to say it out loud, and Gu Ran was helpless.
"I'll go ask Little Snail's grandmother tomorrow. She might know about Little Snail's situation." Gu Ran thought to himself.
As the night grew darker, the little snail sheepishly raised its head from Gu Ran's chest and left his body.
"I should go back now. If I go back late, my grandmother will scold me."
Gu Ran watched the little conch leave quietly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
The next day.
dawn.
The mermaids, who had been noisy all night yesterday, began to yawn and prepared to catch fish and collect seaweed.
Gu Ran woke up from his five-hearts-upward practice posture, looked at the sky, and prepared to visit Little Snail's grandmother to inquire about Little Snail's recent situation.
But before he swam far, he saw the little conch grandmother swimming towards him with an anxious look.
"Is Eudora here with you?" asked the little conch grandmother.
"No, what happened to Eudora?" Gu Ran frowned slightly.
Hearing Gu Ran's answer, Little Conch's grandmother's expression suddenly changed, and then she continued to ask: "Did Eudora tell you anything last night?"
What did you say last night
"Last night she asked me if I could help the mermaids take back the underwater ruins." Gu Ran suddenly felt something bad, "What happened to her?!"
"Then how did you answer? How did she react?" asked the little conch's grandmother hurriedly.
"I said that I can help the mermaids take back the ruins, but if there is no rush, it is better to wait until I am promoted to the Golden Core of Martial Arts, which means the master of human martial arts. This way, the chances will be the best. Then she... said nothing more." Gu Ran replied immediately.
The little conch grandmother's expression changed several times, and finally she lamented: "What a fool! What a fool!"
"What happened?" Gu Ran asked, "Where is Xiao Hailuo? What happened to her?"
"I won't hide it from you now. We mermaids do know how to open the underwater ruins, and Eudora stole the key to open the ruins. She must want to open the ruins to receive the inheritance." Grandmother's face was not looking good. "Did Eudora use the teleportation skill attached to the conch necklace to leave the ocean and go to fresh water during her disappearance, and then her health got worse and worse?"
Gu Ran nodded: "Yes, this should be the physical characteristics of the mermaids. But recently I saw that her complexion has improved a lot, so her health should be getting better."
Little Snail’s grandmother closed her eyes, her face full of self-blame: “In fact, her physical condition did start to improve, but not much, and then she came to ask me the reason... ... Hey, this is also my fault.
"Her health deteriorated not because she left the sea water and went to fresh water, but because she was too far away from the underwater ruins of the mermaids! As long as she doesn't return to the underwater ruins, she will never fully recover. And as time goes by, if the mermaids don't return to the underwater ruins as soon as possible, their health will gradually deteriorate like her, and they may even die.
"This is actually the biggest crisis facing the mermaids right now. However, in order to avoid unnecessary panic, I have been keeping this secret. It’s just that Eudora’s physical condition is the worst right now, and she is my granddaughter, so I didn’t hide it from her anymore... If I hadn’t told her about the current crisis facing the mermaids, and told her that if the underwater ruins were not recaptured as soon as possible, the entire mermaid tribe would be doomed, she wouldn’t have thought of stealing the key to receive the inheritance.
“Because as long as she successfully accepts the inheritance of the ruins, she will become the master of the ruins and can easily drive away those powerful sea beasts and ferocious beasts, and can also better protect the mermaids.
"I think that's why she can't wait to receive the inheritance."
Gu Ran immediately asked worriedly, "But Eudora's strength is not that strong. With her strength, she may not even be able to break into the outer perimeter of those sea beasts and fierce beasts, let alone go to the ruins to receive inheritance?"
Grandmother Little Conch pondered for a moment and shook her head gently: "This depends on her luck. The key she stole is actually a treasure that shields the mermaids. If she is good at using it, she can still avoid those powerful sea beasts and fierce beasts."
Gu Ran couldn't stay any longer.
If you are lucky, you can avoid those sea beasts and ferocious beasts, but what if you are unlucky
Aren't we just going to be buried in their huge bellies
Gu Ran finally understood why Little Snail asked that question last night. It turned out that the crisis of the mermaid tribe had not been resolved and was getting closer and closer
And the reason why she took the risk to accept the inheritance alone...
So it’s... ...because I rejected you
Gu Ran thought of last night's answer and felt full of self-blame. If only he had realized the real reason for the little snail's abnormality earlier.
"Why didn't she explain it to me clearly? Even if my strength may not be strong enough to recapture the ruins for the time being, I can help her sneak into the ruins safely to receive the inheritance." Gu Ran couldn't help but murmured.
The little conch grandmother shook her head. "For this kind of situation, the more people involved, the better. Besides, the key can only be used by the mermaids. With her current strength, she can only guarantee the most perfect hiding for herself, and it is difficult for her to bring you along."
"Is it that short stick?" Gu Ran looked at the little conch grandmother with empty hands and remembered the short stick that she used to hit the rocks when they met before.
"That's right. That's the key that the mermaids hold to open the underwater ruins. It's also the most crucial treasure that protects the mermaids and allows them to hide in the ocean from being found by sea beasts and ferocious beasts." The little conch grandmother nodded.
"Eudora stole the key. Isn't the mermaid tribe in danger?" Gu Ran immediately thought of the current situation of the mermaid tribe. "She should have thought of it."
Grandmother Little Conch: "It's because you eliminated the sea beasts and fierce beasts that had been hunting the mermaids, making the mermaids safe. I guess she felt relieved because of that."
"Where are the coordinates of that underwater ruins? Take me there immediately!" Gu Ran said immediately. He was really afraid that something might happen to the little conch.
"I'll let Alice take you there. She knows the place, and she's one of the fastest swimmers in our mermaid tribe." said the little conch grandmother.
"Okay, without further ado! I'll go call her and leave right now!"
Gu Ran nodded.
... ...
When Ariel heard that the little conch was going to accept the inheritance, her heart skipped a beat.
What a coincidence
But that's not right. There should be only one key to open the ruins. If I am accepting the inheritance in the ruins now, then why is there another key
Didn’t she and I receive the same inheritance in the same ruins
Could it be that the mermaids have other relics and heritage
Ariel's heart was full of doubts and confusion, and at the same time, she couldn't help but have some guesses that she was unwilling to guess before.
However, this made Ariel even more confused.
What on earth is going on here
Is Eudora really the sister or younger sister she has never met
Did Eudora die because of this incident
And the fact that Gu Ran had such a harmonious relationship with the mermaids at this time completely overturned her imagination.
88. Arriving at the underwater ruins, deadly threat!
Looking back, Ariel could naturally understand why the mermaids were so friendly to Gu Ran at this time. What she couldn't understand was how the relationship between the two had deteriorated, to the point that all she heard from her mother afterwards was Gu Ran's bad reputation and the most vicious curses against Gu Ran, without a trace of the previous kindness.
"Eudora..." Ariel continued trying to recall the name, but still had no impression.
"Go look up the name Eudora and ask the old mermaids in the tribe if they have any impression of this name." Ariel instructed her mermaid subordinates.
She felt as if her mother was hiding something intentionally or unintentionally.
... ...
In the light screen.
Little Snail's grandmother soon found Alice.
Alice swam over with a worried look on her face: "Did Eudora...really go to that underwater ruins?"
"Almost certain." Gu Ran said, "How fast can you take me there? Can we reach the underwater ruins before her and stop her?"
Alice shook her head. "It's difficult. Eudora's speed is not slower than mine. She also has a treasure to shield herself, so she doesn't have to worry about those big guys in the seabed. So her speed must be much faster than ours."
Gu Ran still didn't give up the last glimmer of hope: "Maybe we got to the underwater ruins but were stopped by too many enemies? Let's go without delay."
If he knew the route, Gu Ran wouldn't want to stay here for even a second.